| imeem opening own music store (MacNN) |
| imeem is gradually building its own music store that may afford it independence from Apple's iTunes or Amazon MP3, an investigation has found. Normally, those buying permanent copies of music from the site must go through an Amazon or iTunes link and buy it off-site; quietly, however, the company has been adding direct-download MP3 purchases of its own for certain artists, such as Iron and Wine. ... |
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| Singing A New Tune: The Imeem Music Store. (TechCrunch) |
| Does embattled music streaming site imeem think it can take on iTunes? For the most part, nearly every streaming song on the site has a download button which links to both iTunes and the Amazon MP3 store. But it is quietly testing its own music download store which bypasses iTunes and Amazon and sells MP3s directly. For instance, this is the case with some Sub Pop artists, such as Iron and Wine ... |
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| Free music boosts Google market share in China (The West Australian) |
| Google's music service in China, which lets users download Michael Jackson, U2 and Beyonce songs for free, may have helped increase its share of the worlds biggest Internet market, research company IR |
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| Google music service helps curb Baidu's lead in China market (San Jose Mercury News) |
| Google's music service in China, which lets users download Michael Jackson, U2 and Beyonce songs for free, may have helped increase its share of the world's biggest Internet market, research company IResearch said. |
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| Asia tested as music industry seeks to boost sales (AFP via Yahoo! News) |
| Rampant piracy and a crumbling market for CDs has put the music industry in Asia under immense pressure, but experts are hoping that technology and social media will help fill the gap. |
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| Asia’s Music Industry Seeks New Ways To Profit (redOrbit) |
| Asia’s music industry has fallen under steep pressure in recent years amid rampant piracy and shrinking demand for CDs. However, the industry is hoping the emergence of social media and new technologies will help compensate for the losses.Although the overall market for music in Asia has been on the rise, the global economic slowdown has hastened the decline in sales of physical music triggered ... |
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| Interest in Jackson’s music jumps locally (The Enid News & Eagle) |
| Following the death of Michael Jackson, interest in his music CDs locally seems to have increased. “There’s been a lot of interest in his CDs,” said Patrick Neely, store manager of Hastings Books Music & Videos in Enid. |
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| CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: In a World of Female Bassists Mimi Jones Sets the Bar with Her Debut CD “A New Day” (All About Jazz) |
| With the musical world buzzing about Esperanza Spalding it’s no wonder that the timing is perfect for the release of yet another extraordinary female bassist, composer and vocalist. Introducing Mimi Jones and her debut CD “A New Day” (Hot Tone Music) set for release on September 15th, 2009. Mimi Jones recently gave a sneak preview of her debut CD during the Mary Lou Williams ... |
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| Download resources (Times Education Supplement) |
| This interactive whiteboard resource addresses aspects of the National Curriculum Orders for Art, Music and ICT. Pupils engage in discussion and research and learn practical skills which enable them to create their own simple video stories. |
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| Battling music piracy in Asia (Straits Times) |
| HONG KONG - RAMPANT piracy and a crumbling market for CDs has put the music industry in Asia under immense pressure, but experts are hoping that technology and social media will help fill the gap. While demand for music continues to rise across the region, the global economic downturn has accelerated the Internet-fueled fall in sales of physical music. |
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